how do you like the 7100? - ABA DSS

**restorerancient** · April 7th, 2008

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Originally Posted by arboristman

hey how ya like your captain 7100?

i don't have one but i got a chance to play with one this past weekend.found it by accident , a co-worker was a little disgruntled from his dave reception , and the lack of caring from anyone.he simply needed some alignment help , rain fade was bad.after tweaking we went inside to see the results on screen.that is when i noticed the captain , he let me take it for a test ride.for the past two years i have been a captiveworks fan and was considering upgrading to the CW700.now i find myself leaning towards the captain , the menu and picture is better than my CW600.the user controls is very friendly and appears to have a larger processor , very fast. i have never tested the CW700 so i can't compare the two head to head.besides as you know it is better to have as many differant brands as possible.anyway within the month i will hopefully know all about it.

**arboristman** · April 9th, 2008

ah,i sneeky this over where it belongs lol i was hijacking a thread in coolie section. oops.

yeah,i see exactly what you mean.
price is about the same.
thats a tough choice.
i also am a HUGE CW fan.
yup,this one has a couple advantages.firstly,the quality of the unit as you notice is high.
and sweet remote.
the pic quality is no doubt better than cw's (not that cw's is bad either) just this thing is super crisp,like you noticed.
the OBS is cool.tho for advanced tester like you,you probably wont use it.and even if you do,you don't need it.
for new guys tho,they will love that.so dang easy.have you tried that out? must have.shes fast!
200 mhz chips are sweet buddy.
64 mbs of ram also.
9 day epg.
favs only in the epg!-one of cw's flaws.
i love cw's search by name.but i like the captains better.i like those results clean in the epg.and i like that icon screen.

tough choice! and of course we know that cw support.
tough call.
the captain is better i think.only support can determine which is best really.
for you tho,since you already have a cw.
yeah man.grab this thing.

support has been "good" and lately "great" with the rest of them this past month.

**restorerancient** · April 9th, 2008

yeah i am going with the captain , earlier today i found myself reading your review "very good by the way".i see now why it seemed fast 200MHz that is larger than my first three computers.i really like the fact about the 8 favorites and holding if i remember right 50 each.i also like the ability to load the one day epg.that is one of my many pet peeves searching through the oodles of channels just looking for anything.then all of a sudden its there an episode of junk yard wars you haven't seen .quickly you hit the ok , take me there ,then you are watching a blue screen oh so slooowly load up the epg.with the ability to load a 1 day and a 200 chip bam won't even miss the opening intro.yeah who knows what tommorow will hold but i am gonna go ahead and try it.by the way are they clone safe? don't see many selling the captains.p.m. me if you have a good place.i didn't see them on ftapros. hate to go the fleabay route.thanks again

**arboristman** · April 9th, 2008

yeah! exactly!
set her to 1 day.epg/blue.wait a couple mins.
hit up search by name,enter the event and yup,bam real quick.click it,and your watching it.
*****in! hehe

no clones of captains are known at this point,so your all good there.

**arboristman** · April 10th, 2008

wow and now with IKS!!!!
sweeeeet!
this is going to be one hell of a unit to contend with now.
its modern.up to date,and advanced hardware.full of nice features.has better pic than many.and now iks.
holy sheet! lmao
ima say this once.better start grabbing these things before the prices hit the roof!
(only around 120-130 right now!)

**restorerancient** · April 10th, 2008

what do people know that i don't , where is everybody at.people should be dancing in the streets over this news.an iks solution for every captain box.yeah i read you post about the dongle.do you know what all birds , providers the IKS works on now? what diseqc commands ,will it handle the emp 8X1? 200 channels and all the ppv , working right now with more to come.looking at the specs the 7100 USB will handle any switching , lnb combos you could throw at it unlike my nfusion.i also am luving the do it then talk about vibe i'm getting here.i have to find a place to buy this before they are out of stock , daddy's gonna get a new toy!!!

**arboristman** · April 10th, 2008

i know man,you know why.its because the captains are still not very well known yet.
once a few people try these out.especially those with other units to know just how good they are compared to others,people will start taking more notice.
its easy for you and i.cus we see and understand the specs.
you wait,once a handful get ahold of these,we should really start seeing some real noise about captains.
these things are kickin!

**restorerancient** · April 29th, 2008

well this baby rocks!!! I am impressed to say the least.It required all of fifteen minutes from start to finish to get up and running also half that time was changing out a chieta 1041 4X1 diseqc.I didn't even try the one button setup , I did use the four page setup guide in the help section though.The quality is very nice after three hours no heat build up at all.I downloaded the EPG for five days on 1200 channels it took about twenty minutes.Yeah I know should have edited first but really wanted to see how fast it would load.Of course the front loading usb port is nice to have. I also like the ability to control the channel rating and not just the channel number as with most cheap units.This has the best picture quality of a non HD unit I have seen.The remote really pleased me as well , the tv responds to it as fast as any unit I have seen and from acroos the room.It did take a while to roll , not bad but I was at first concerned that maybe I did something wrong.After all nothing ever is supposed to be this easy. I have finally found a unit I can recommend to non computer savy folks. I am still waiting on a dongle to check out my local weather but this is fine until then.The setup screens and menu is straight and to the point.It even knows the most popular transponders to get your signal set to.The only dislike is the menu function on the remote is on the lower right hand corner , where most have the epg button so still getting used to that.I have owned alot less for a whole lot more , this is the best buy I have seen by far.Of course it comes with the generic diseqc switch and set of rca cables good for spares or friends in need.Also I have posted some low res pics in the member photo area to show the menu and setup screen.I am not going into all the features , like speed , 400 favorite in 8 groups so on and so forth.This has to be the best deal I have seen for $120.00

**arboristman** · April 29th, 2008

cool! thats great to hear you like it.
i love this stb.
biggest fault is can't save/apply channel lists.
hope to see channel master support in the future.and really hope to see save/apply via usb.
pic quality is out of this world.top of the line ain't she buddy!

the price per receiver is hard to beat.

**arboristman** · May 24th, 2008

so after a few weeks,you must be very familiar with her now and have her broken in.
so whats more used the nfusion or the captain?

**restorerancient** · May 25th, 2008

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Originally Posted by arboristman

so after a few weeks,you must be very familiar with her now and have her broken in.
so whats more used the nfusion or the captain?

I prefer the captain and have it on the top shelf in the living room.The captain has so many more features.The search function is awesome.I very rarely watch many series due to third shift.I usually am on discovery , history , and military channel.So I use the search and the favorite menu more than the epg.
Still hard for me to believe that team captain has so many channels up and with so few glitches.I am very happy with the purchase and it has already more than paid for itself.I really like being able to run bin or iks.Takes about ten minutes to switch but no biggie.
I will say that after changing my connections that the nfusion picture is lots better.I was getting some interference from shielding I believe.After replacing the cable ends with good thomas and betts compression fittings it really has sharpened up.Still no where close to the captain and of course will never be due to the hardware.

**arboristman** · May 25th, 2008

sweet!
i still can't believe we don't have more people checking these out here can you?
i think its just because most haven't heard much about the captain brand yet.
so wow,thats interesting then,the iks is very comparable then as far as smooth operation and little freezes and stuff.perhaps even faster channel changes with the captain vrs nfusion.
better pic quality.
better features.(yes i agree,i love the nice search options.totally killer)
more powerfull 200mhz chip and WAY more ram with 64mbs.
can run files OR iks.

now,can you see any advantages the nfusion does have over the captain?
for example,the most important thing i think its missing,is no saving the list to the usb yet.so after a factory default you have to setup and rescan,rather than just applying a save list.thats i think the captains biggest fault.and thats no biggie really,cus she self installs and scans with obs.its just all your favs/locks and other tags and user settings that take time.

**restorerancient** · May 27th, 2008

Captain sales are climbing so I have been told.I wish more captain users were on abadss though.I like being able to see other peeps findings as well.Still finding a few things out.The best features are the picture quality and the nine day epg.I also now use the captain alone to find new birds as it can scan extremly fast.They have the 8x1 diseqc switch built into settings.It is great trying new setups.All in all a very hard to beat unit and a bargain at 110.00-120.00.